Non-ERP Solution Architect

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This role involves responsibility for the design, integrity and quality of an IS solution and of associated IS services delivered to business and support functions as well as IS Technology domains.

Reporting to the IS Solution Architect Manager, will be responsible for the design, development, integrity and quality of an IS solution and of associated IS services delivered to Business, Support Functions and IS Technology Domains as the case may be; responsible for ensuring that the IS solution/service provides the required functionality and meets the cost expectations of business; collaborates with and contributes to project set-up and delivery as well as servicing Operations optimization.

Your responsibilities

• Solution Architect:Defines the technical IS solution and ensures alignment with other modules and surrounding IS applications through cooperation and collaboration with IS solution architects across IS delivery units.

• Engages in requirement analysis to decide which requirements are covered by available, standard functionalities, for which functionality enhancements are needed and for which functionality workarounds are accepted.

• Supports validation and prioritization of incoming business demand in collaboration with the relevant IS Service Manager and/or Global IS Domain Architect.

• Performs design reviews and oversees overall technical solution delivery within subject domain and scope of application responsibility.

Identifies and works to pay off technical debt within existing solutions.

• Reviews and signs off on the functional and technical use case specifications.

• Software Development: As a contributor within the development team, develops application code, performs code reviews, delivers application changes, and troubleshoots and fixes issues reported by business users.

• Best practice & Knowledge sharing: Keeps knowledge up-to-date regarding new and emerging IS technology and IS industry practices, bringing learning into ABB; all within the scope of the relevant IS solutions.

• IS Services: Collaborates with users in projects and problem management to maintain, develop and deploy the best feasible and most cost efficient IS solutions/services for the business.

• Ensures manuals for users are created to describe the operating procedures.

Consults, gives advice and supports the installation of new IS solutions/services, or the changing of existing IS solutions/services.

• Processes: Consults the users to identify and learn about current procedures and to clarify further requirements.

Supports the installation, management, maintenance, and optimization of all IS processes related to the area of responsibility.

• Governance: Provides guidance to IS project management and IS delivery unit teams on how to utilize IS application/solution standards (e.g.

SAP) effectively.

• Communicates project delivery related decision demand towards project and service management in collaboration with the Global IS Domain Architect to ensure resolution and avoid delivery issues.

• Commits and contributes to common result-oriented collaboration with the various Business Processes IS architectural domains as well as the various Enterprise Technology IS architecture domains.

• For assigned tasks, executes all actions in IS processes according to agreed RACIS or LEC definitions.

• Incident, Change or Project: Contributes to IS Problem and IS Incident Management goals to address ticket volume by detecting re-occurring defects and eliminating these.

• Proactively supports issue resolution during project delivery to avoid delays or any other form of negative impact to a project or service.

• IS Strategy: In concert with the Global IS Domain Architect ensures that IS solution/service related standards are considered accordingly.

• Stakeholder Management: Supplies the IS Service Manager(s) with relevant stakeholder information related to IS solution/services.

• When required, works together with relevant stakeholders (e.g., business managers, IS Service Managers, other Domain IS Architects, IS Solution Architects, IS Sourcing and 3rd Party IS Suppliers) regarding their expectations, business and technical requirements, and in accordance with GF-IS policies, IS procedures and IS guidelines.

• People, Leadership and Development: Provides support to temporary work teams, guiding and monitoring task completion, sharing expert knowledge and advice with/without carrying line responsibility.

• Operations Solution Architecture: Operations encompasses all aspects of business operations, including production planning and scheduling, inventory and warehouse management, materials management, procurement, resource planning and use, manufacturing execution, processes involving integration of manufacturing machine control and monitoring as well as business planning and logistics and shipping.

• Works with Functional Analyst to understand business and functional requirements

• Translates functional requirements into modern, consistent application architecture and delivery end-to-end solution delivery

• Ensures designed solutions are in line with the common application architecture for the Americas region

• Provides guidance to developers in implementing the designed solutions and contributes to solution delivery with a hands-on positive attitude

Your background

• Bachelors degree in information management, computer systems, business engineering or similar or equivalent experiences with minimum 8 years of IS experience in defined technologies and within relevant IS domain.

• Superior experience in translating business requirements into IS capabilities and solutions and objectively evaluating IS solutions and making recommendations preferred

• Excellent analytical skills and a deep understanding of the overall context of business processes and IS technologies and integration of multiple applications and technologies into a functioning end-to-end solution preferred

• Excellent experience in leading IS people who do not report directly and project planning and execution as well as understanding or anticipating the economic aspects of system management and life cycle preferred

• Excellent technical skills and applied knowledge in the following areas preferred:

• Development of web-based and Windows-based applications within operations domain and within a manufacturing environment

• Software development in Microsoft .NET technologies (.NET/C#, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, WPF, WinForms, Windows services)

• Microsoft SQL Server (T-SQL) and SQL Server Reporting Services

• Microsoft Office tools (including Visio, Excel, SharePoint)

• UML and Use Case Modeling

• Process and Data Modeling

• 5 years of functional analysis on web-based and/or ERP-centric applications, service oriented architecture and/or micro-services API development, front-end web application development using TypeScript/JavaScript and React (or similar), and SAP (or other ERP) integration experience preferred

• Strong technical skills and applied knowledge in the following areas preferred:

• SAP SD, PP and MM modules

• Manufacturing Execution Systems

• Computer Integrated Manufacturing

• Business Logistics, Production Planning and Scheduling

• Business models for various production and service oriented organizations: Make to stock, Make to order, Configure to order and Engineer to order

• Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on the business’ needs, Self-Starter/Self-Learning and Ability to communicate effectively

• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Benefits

• Retirement plan

• Life insurance

• Disability insurance

• Medical insurance

• Wellbeing program

More about us

ABB’s Electrification Global Markets organization is responsible for the go-to-market strategy and generating profitable growth for the Electrification Business Area.

Our 10,000 strong commercial team represents the portfolio of all Electrification Business Area Divisions in over 100 countries.

Our unmatched domain expertise across key industry verticals and channels combined with our truly global footprint makes us able to deliver extraordinary business results, supporting our customers with solutions which address their current needs, whilst considering the future emerging trends such as Urbanization, Digitalization and Shift to Electricity and Sustainable Energy.